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Grand Marais (/ ɡ r æ n d ˈ m ə ˈ r eɪ / grand mə-RAY) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] It is located within Burt Township on the shores of Lake Superior , and the community is the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore via H-58 .
Burt Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, its population was 411. [3]The township contains the community of Grand Marais, which contains numerous historic structures, including the Pickle Barrel House and the Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights.
June 26, 1990 (M-28 west of Powell Pt.: Munising Township: The Grand Island Range Lights were lit first in 1868, but by 1914 were in poor repair. The new rear range light was a 64-foot (20 m) tower, the upper half (painted white) of which was part of a tower originally located at the Vidal Shoals near Sault Ste. Marie.
In late 1961, about three miles (4.8 km) was paved to the west of Grand Marais. [21] [22] The county-designated highway system was created around October 5, 1970, [2] and the section of H-58 was shown on state maps for the first time in 1971. Initially, only the section between Grand Marais and Deer Park was marked as part of H-58. [23]
Heading north on M-77 midway between Seney and Grand Marais in autumn. Grand Marais is situated on the shores of Lake Superior some 25 miles (40 km) north of the mainline of the Lake Superior Circle Tour. Since the Tour runs only along state trunklines in Michigan, a Scenic Spur of the tour was created to route traffic north from Seney to Grand ...
Burt Township School Forest Road near Grand Marais Truck Trail in Newberry/Grand Marais, Michigan. Camera manufacturer: Canon: Camera model: Canon EOS 5D Mark III: Author: Tony Webster: Exposure time: 1/40 sec (0.025) F-number: f/9: ISO speed rating: 320: Date and time of data generation: 18:12, 5 October 2016: Lens focal length: 24 mm ...
Map of Grand Marais Harbor. In the 1870s, shipping traffic through Lake Superior increased tremendously. [6] Realizing the lack of a safe harbor between Whitefish Bay and Grand Island, the Army Corps of Engineers began upgrading the harbor at Grand Marais in 1881. Over the next ten years, the Corps dredged the harbor and constructed a 5,770 ...
Back view of Grand Marais High School. Burt Township School District is a school district headquartered in the community of Grand Marais in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] The district serves the entirety of Burt Township. [4] The district covers a very large area of 238.57 square miles (617.89 km 2) in northeastern Alger County. [2] [A]